User interface for selecting television information services through pseudo-channel access

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5587734
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08333957

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A cable system in which a plurality of non-interactive channels occupy a first group of carrier frequencies and a plurality of pseudo-channels, each assigned to an information service from a plurality of information services, are carried by a second group of carrier frequencies. A tuner is controlled by a processor in response to a channel selector. If the selected channel number represents a non-interactive channel the tuner is set to that channel. If the selected channel number is a pseudo-channel representing an interactive service, the tuner is set to an assigned carrier frequency in the second group of carrier frequencies. The assigned carrier frequency is provided from a cable control mode to a data receiver at the subscriber's television interface controller. Channels are selected from a single numerical sequence of channel numbers.

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  • ACTIVEVIDEO NETWORKS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hoarty, W Leo Santa Clara, CA 67 5748
Lauder, Gary M Atherton, CA 18 2743
Soske, Joshua W Sunnyvale, CA 6 1060

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